Italian retailers considering cancelling work orders: Munshi
Some European clothing retailers, especially the types based in Italy, are mulling over cancelling or deferring work orders from Bangladesh amid a fall in apparel sales as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday.
Italy may be the worst-affected European country, where in fact the government ordered closure of most shops, bars and restaurants as its coronavirus-induced death toll surpassed 1,400 on Saturday.
The EUROPEAN nation is one of the most crucial export destinations for Bangladeshi garment items in Europe.
Munshi, however, said the problem has been bettering in the supply chain as the staff in China, from where in fact the deadly COVID-19 originated, started heading back to factories.
"We are expecting the situation will improve soon. We won't need to be worried."
The minister spoke at a meeting on consumer rights at his secretariat office in Dhaka.
At the meeting, the minister also inaugurated the hotline, 16121, for the National Consumer Rights Protection Department, through which people can lodge complaints in case they face cheating, the commerce ministry said in a statement.
THE BUYER Rights Protection Act is not designed to harass anybody, he said. "In the event of cheating, anybody can lodge complaints through the hotline."
